Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Homework

There is a post brewing around here. Probably a couple of posts. Here's a little background reading for what is coming up.

Modes of Reaction and Revolution - Pretty much misunderstood by everyone. If you don't get the difference between treating politics as a response to human nature and treating politics as a world historic unfolding (in short, Kant vs. Hegel), then you won't get almost anything I'll be writing this year.

Where Can I Piss? - My analysis about politics, power, institutions, and why the Stevensonian Left wanted to be conned by Obama.

The Obama Memos - Ryan Lizza's recent "expose" (and gutless waffling) of what kind of political actor Obama really is. I'm less interested in Lizza's confused proclamations than on the specifics of Obama's behavior.

What Future for Occupy Wall Street? - The most recent of Michael Greenberg's series on OWS in New York. He provides a sympathetic but ultimately critical, look at the efforts of OWS.